Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 301 Did the Fire Thief Come? Tathagata!

Because Sai Fei'er appeared just in time, like a divine intervention, to help Lin Qiong, he was able to rush back to Ohema to support Dan Heng.

However, at Lin Qiong's insistence, he and Sai Feier did not go directly to the citizens' assembly, but instead planned to stop briefly at the city gate.

Lin Qiong wanted to know how things were going on Kevin's side.

At this moment, not far from the gates of Ohmma.

The flames of war have set the road connecting the city gate ablaze, and the air is thick with the stench of decay and fire.

Countless Kuroshio creations were piled up on the ground.

Some of them had missing limbs; some were covered in frost; and others were reduced to charred ashes by the scorching fire.

What's even more striking is that among these black tide creations are several mangled corpses, as if they had been torn apart by wild beasts.

"Could they be... residents who failed to escape?"

Lin Qiong's gaze fell on a corpse. Although the corpse was broken, its original human shape could still be barely discerned.

After careful observation, he discovered that the corpse was dressed in hooded clothing, had a mask on its face, and was completely covered up, like an assassin who couldn't see the light of day.

"No, they are the Senate's henchmen, and also the most notorious 'Purgers.' The Black Tide Creatures' attack on Ohmma was entirely their doing."

With a face full of anger, Sai Fei'er strode forward and kicked the corpse over, making it lie flat on the ground.

"I see."

Lin Qiong squinted and examined the corpse in front of him, memorizing every detail of it.

He felt that in order to ensure the safety of himself and his companions, he had to be wary of these people in all future operations.

After all, if these people can sacrifice Ohmma today to achieve some goal, they might do something even crazier tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Lin Qiong's eyes turned completely cold.

He would show absolutely no mercy to a guy who likes to play dirty tricks behind people's backs and treats human life like dirt.

"Hey, Grey, look over there!"

Just as Lin Qiong was lost in thought, Sai Feier's voice suddenly drifted from the side.

He suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction Sai Feier pointed. He saw an extremely dazzling crimson flame bursting out from the city gate.

It's the flames unleashed by the Calamity Slash!

This flame, capable of incinerating almost everything in the world, felt incredibly familiar to him, who was also a holder of the Calamity Annihilation.

"It's Kevin using the Annihilation Technique!" Lin Qiong's eyes narrowed, and he made a judgment instantly. "Let's go, let's go over there and take a look."

Before Sai Feier could react, he took a long stride and ran towards the direction where the firelight was shining.

"...Hey! Wait a minute!"

Sai Fei'er stood there stunned for half a second. After she came to her senses, she took off after him and caught up with Lin Qiong, who had already put some distance between them, and stood side by side with him.

"The seamstress... uh... what about the Citizens' Assembly?"

"With Danheng helping out there, there shouldn't be any problems for the time being."

Lin Qiong shouted without turning his head, "But if the Fire Thieves break into Ohmar, then we'll be in big trouble!"

The two talked as they ran at top speed, and soon arrived safely near the city gate.

But what came into view next made Lin Qiong stop abruptly, involuntarily halting his steps.

On the open ground in front of the city gate, the burning remains and charred corpses were piled up like mountains, almost forming a huge encirclement.

In the center of that encirclement, Kevin and Bai Er's figures were particularly eye-catching.

Kevin's situation is the most unique; he is currently in a special form called "Man-Made Collapse"—the Karmic Demon form.

This is a mode in which Kevin, as a fusion warrior, temporarily maximizes his power.

Since Kevin has already entered his demon form, it's clear that the battle with the Firewalker is progressing far less smoothly than expected...

At the same time, Bai E, who seemed to have noticed Lin Qiong and Sai Feier's arrival, quickly called out loudly:

"Comrades...and Lady Sefaria! What are you doing here?"

He forced himself to stand up, exhausted, and quickly walked up to the two of them, his face full of surprise.

"Did you bring back the flame of death?"

"Just call me Sai Fei'er."

Sai Fei'er gently shook her head. "As for the Death Flame... Princess Snail House ran off to the Underworld and hasn't come out yet. I don't know the specifics."

"I see... No wonder I didn't see Miss Xia Die."

Upon hearing this, a look of realization flashed in Bai E's eyes, and then he nodded thoughtfully.

At this moment, Kevin, still in his demon form, slowly walked over. The powerful pressure emanating from him made the surrounding air seem to freeze.

As Kevin approached, Lin Qiong's thoughts were instantly pulled back, and he suddenly remembered the purpose of his visit.

"By the way, wasn't it said that the Fire Thief was coming? Where is he?"

Lin Qiong carefully surveyed his surroundings, but found no trace of the Fire Thief, as if the other party had never been here before.

Just as he was wondering about this, Kevin calmly gave his response:

"He retreated before you arrived."

"They retreated?" Lin Qiong frowned slightly, his doubts deepening. "Wasn't he going to attack the city? Why did he retreat?"

"I don't know," Kevin said calmly, "but from the fight just now, I could sense that his strength was more than that, and he probably hadn't used his full strength yet."

"Indeed, I feel the same way. That guy had several opportunities to kill me, but he never made a move."

Bai E scratched his head, then took over the conversation with a puzzled look, "It's really hard to understand what he's thinking."

"They deliberately followed the Black Tide Creatures to attack the city, but then they didn't go all out in the fight... What's going on here?"

Lin Qiong stroked his chin, lost in thought, but no matter which way he thought about it, he still couldn't figure out what the Fire Thief Walker meant by doing this.

Just then, Sai Feier clapped her hands together and gently tapped them together, the crisp sound instantly interrupting Lin Qiong's thoughts.

She said:

"Alright, now that it's safe here, you should come with me to Dawn Cloud Cliff to support the seamstress... cough, I mean, to rescue the hostages at the Citizens' Assembly, right?"